GOOD statement by Brett Herron,
GOOD: Secretary-General and Member of Western Cape Provincial Parliament
24 January 2022
Suspended Western Cape MEC, Albert Fritz, is the fourth member of Premier Alan Winde’s “cabinet of integrity” whose integrity has been brought into question.
Fritz replaced Bonginkosi Madikizela as the DA Western Cape leader when Madikizela resigned as an MEC and provincial leader after being exposed for lying about his academic qualifications.
Madikizela was also found by the Public Protector to have breached the executive code of ethics after lying in the Provincial legislature.
The Public Protector has also made findings about ethical breaches against Winde, himself, and MEC Anton Bredell (twice).
The allegations now levelled against Fritz have been circulating in political circles for a few years.
It is rumoured that the allegations have been brought to the surface, now, in order to create a space in the Western Cape cabinet for former Mayor of Cape Town, Dan Plato.
Plato wanted to return to the City as mayor, launching his campaign last year at a Table View Church later implicated in the case of fraud and money laundering of Covid relief funds presently running against Councillor Nora Grose.
A seat on Winde’s cabinet would provide Plato with a suitable soft landing.
The people of the Western Cape deserve better.
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